Environment - Past Projects

Funding Area: EnvironmentThe Carbon Disclosure Project launched in 2000 to accelerate solutions to climate change by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions. They further this mission by harnessing the collective power of...

Funding Area: Environment At the Foundation for Integrated Education and Development (FUNEDESIN), we are dedicated to finding sustainable solutions in the struggle between the ideals of rain forest preservation and the realities of life in the Ecuadorian Amazon....

Funding Area: Environment KOMAZA is a social enterprise organization which works to permanently and sustainably alleviate poverty and combat deforestation in Africa’s most underserved communities. Our flagship initiative is microforestry—an innovative combination of microfinance, microequity and sustainable forestry...

Funding Area: EnvironmentThe Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. We believe that the best way to keep forests standing...

Funding Area: Environment The Conservancy was founded in 1990 on two basic principles - that open lands are necessary for quality of life and that we must care for the land today so future generations may enjoy its...

Funding Area: Environment The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Inspired by nature, we are 1.3 million of your friends and neighbors, working together to protect our communities and the planet.

Funding Area: Environment SolarCycle began in 2008 in response to the staggering environmental damage and negative health effects caused by contaminated drinking water and indoor air pollution in the developing world. Seeking to address this issue with locally-available,...

We are Survival, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights.
We’re the only organization that champions tribal peoples around the world. We help them defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures.

The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. We address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale.

Funding Area: Environment The RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas seeks to build knowledge about nonprofit organizations, philanthropy and volunteerism, and prepare students and practitioners...

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust protects our islands’ natural and rural areas by working with private landowners, community groups and public agencies. We have partnered with landowners and our island communities to permanently protect 90 properties.

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The Tomberg Family Philanthropies

Our Mission

The mission of the Tomberg Family Philanthropies is to support well run and effective programs that make a difference in the areas of poverty alleviation, the environment, health and education. Our focus is on supporting projects that help their recipients build capabilities themselves that will last far beyond the end of the specific project.

We agree with the Nobel Committee that "every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life."